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Robert Garson

Edited collection of articles on this theme, the outcome of papers delivered at the International Association of Historians of Asia conference held at the University of Hong Kong in 1991, with an Introduction by myself. Covered such... more
Edited collection of articles on this theme, the outcome of papers delivered at the International Association of Historians of Asia conference held at the University of Hong Kong in 1991, with an Introduction by myself.  Covered such topics as US involvement in the Indonesian military revolt of the mid-1950s, the Taiwan Security Treaty, and Sino-US relations.

Articles include:
Johan Saravanamuttu, "United States Cold War Discourse and Alliance Formation on the Eve of the Vietnam War," 13-24
Su Ge, "The Making of American Policy Towards Taiwan, 1948-1955," 25-45
Abu Talib Ahmad, "Neutralism and the Cold War: Burma-United States Relations, 1945-1955," 46-59
Richard Mason, "The United States, the Indonesian National Revolution and the Cold War," 60-75
Ariffin Omar, "The PRRI Rebellion of 1958: A Cold War Perspective," 76-86
Michael Vickery, "The Cold War and Cambodia," 87-118
Robert Garson, "The Road to Tiananmen Square: The United States and China, 1979-1989," 119-135
Pamela Sodhy, "United States-Malaysian Relations in the 1990s," 136-152
K. S. Nathan, "Asia and the Major Powers in the Late Twentieth Century: Interests, Influence, Issues and Involvement," 153-165
Research Interests:
Preface and acknowledgements / Roberts, Priscilla i Introduction / Roberts, Priscilla 1 Cultural and educational interactions Between sentiment and reason: The study of Sino-American relations in China / Jia, Qingguo 17... more
Preface and acknowledgements / Roberts, Priscilla i
  Introduction / Roberts, Priscilla 1
  Cultural and educational interactions 
    Between sentiment and reason: The study of Sino-American relations in China / Jia, Qingguo 17
    Impacts and responses: reflections on modern Sino-western cultural intercourse / He, Zhaowu 38
    Cultural relations between the United States and China / Hong, Yong-shan 47
    Nanjing University and Sino-American cultural relations / Li, Shuyou 55
    Huachung College and the United States: A historical survey / Ma, Min 66
    Yenching University and educational modernization in China / He, Di 82
    Medical education in China: the American connection, 1912-1937 / Yip, Ka-che 94
    The Rise, fall, and re-evaluation of Dewey's Philosophy in China / Pfister, Lauren 106
    Knowledge transfer and Sino-American relations since Normalization / Postiglione, Gerard A. 123
    Sino-American exchanges since Tiananmen / Shive, Glenn 135
    Chinese ways of thinking and their influence on American poetry: From American Transcendentalism to the present / Grabber, Gudrun M. 144
    Western modernist influences in Eileen (Ai-ling)Chang's - the golden Cangue and Li Ang's the butcher's wife / Paolini, Shirley J. 164
    American-Chinese misunderstandings: Foundations for friendship / Scollard, Fredrikke Skinsnes, Trifonovitch, Gregory J., Zhuang, Cui, Shirley 180
  Sino-American diplomacy: the republican period 
    The United States and the Chinese revolution / Tao, Wenzhao 205
    The sinicization of the Chinese American Bank of Commerce: causes and consequences / Pugach, Noel H. 220
    From Silver Agreement to Tung Oil Loan: the Origins of United States Aid to China in the Triangular Relations between China, Japan, and the United States during the 1930s / Xiang, Liling 238
    America's Greatest Asia Expert? Douglas MacArthur and the American misunderstanding of China and Asia, 1935-1951 / Schaller, Michael 256
    PRC Historiography on Chennault and the Flying Tigers during the Anti-Japanese War / Gu, Xuejia 284
    Henry Luce and the Joseph Stilwell Controversy / Neils, Patricia 296
    UNRRA, China, and the United States: efforts to Achieve China's Reconstruction through international cooperation, 1945-1947 / Rahman, Shamsur, A.F.M. 313
    A Re-examination of the Instructions Used by Marshall's Mission in China (December 1945-January 1947) / Wang, Chen-main 349
    The Marshall Mission and United States Relations with the Nationalists and Communists in China / Zhang, Han-ying 373
    United States Policy toward China, 1946-1949: The Perspective of John Leighton Stuart / Rea, Kenneth W., Brewer, John C. 396
  Sino-American Diplomacy since 1949 
    Reflections on United States-China Relations / Hsueh, Chun-tu 413
    Sino-American Diplomatic and Economic Relations since 1949: an overview / Zhang, Jialin 424
    Territorial Integrity and Sino-American relations: the case of Taiwan 437
    The Role of the United States in Sino-Soviet Relations, 1956-1969 / Mei, Jinhua 458
    "Pay Any Price, Bear Any Burden":John F. Kennedy and Sino-American Relations, 1961-1963 / Maga, Timothy P. 468
    The United States and China since 1969 / Ding, Xingbao 482
    A Rendezvous with history: Nixon, Mao, and the politics of normalization / Garson, Robert A. 497
    Sino-American Technology Transfer since 1972 / Tong, Shuxing 518
    New Dimensions in United States Trade Policy / Maidment, Richard A. 533
  Contributors 558
  Organizing Committee 562



LCCN 92152990
OCLC # ocm24938819
DESCRIPT. vii, 563 p. ; 26 cm.
SERIES Centre of Asian Studies occasional papers and monographs, no. 93 
NOTE Includes papers presented at the conference "Sino-American Relations since 1990', held at the University of Hong Kong from January 3rd to 6th, 1990, organized by the Centre of Asian Studies of the University of Hong Kong and the American Studies Association of Hong Kong.


Available online at:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/301754909_Sino-American_Relations_Since_1900
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